Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Black history, and Sports
This week, my local newspaper ran three stories with a black history theme. I was surprised to see so many in one week, but I found it fitting since this is the week leading up…
Posted in Books, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, history, and Photos
I met the historian and bibliophile Charles Blockson some years after I arrived in Philadelphia. I had gone to his enclave at Temple University, a small space that housed the thousands of books, manuscripts and artifacts…
Posted in Books
At a recent auction, I had shuffled through a table of books – big, heavy books on a range of subjects. I didn’t see anything among them that grabbed my eye. So I wandered off…
Posted in Uncategorized
I was separating out some knitting, crocheting and embroidery items I picked up at a local auction a couple weeks ago. For a minute, I couldn’t distinguish between the three. Knitting uses heavy yarn. Crocheting…
I’m always on the lookout for black music memorabilia, especially sheet music. I don’t buy the sheets with stereotypical images. I find them degrading and don’t want them. Time and again, I do come across…
Posted in Art
As I strolled through a list of catalog items on the web for a Decorative Arts auction recently, I wandered onto some watercolors that were interesting. The first piece was an African American woman. Next to…
